Mailing-box



o. BgsABIN. Mailing-Box.

No. 227,447 Patented- May 1 l .v

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. CA

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcEe OHAUNCEY B. SABIN, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS,

MAILING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,447, dated May 11,1880.

Application led March 30, 1880.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAUNCEY BREWER SABIN, of the city of Galveston, inthe county of Galveston, in the State of Texas, have invented a new andImproved MailingBox 5 and I do hereby declare that the following isafull land exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying' drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a box with depressed or indentedcurves or grooves, curving inwardly and extending around the box, andmeeting or crossing each other ou the bottom of the box, and in likemanner around the cover on the outside, and crossing each other on thecover, and so formed that the depressed or indented curves or grooves ofthe cover fit in and over the depressed or iudented curves or grooves onthe outside of the body of the box, or the reverse, so that when thecover is put on there are formed continu- -ous depressed curves orgrooves around the entire box and cover, crossing each other on thebottom of the box on the outside and on the cover of the box in likemanner, said curves or grooves being for the securing of the fasteningof the box by means of a string, cord, or wlre.

The box may be manufactured in any form, shape, or size, and be made oftin or any other material. It is intended as a Wrapper for any class ofmailmatter of a lawful character Whose transportation is permissible inthe mails.

The box is manufactured with a removable cover, closing over the outsideof the box at the top, and is made in the common manner in which boxesare ordinarily made, according to (ModeL) the material of which they aremade, with the addition ofthe curves or grooves, in the manner hereinset forth. The box thus far manufactured by me is made of tin.

ln the accompanying drawings, several letters are used and indicate asfollows: A, box

closed; B, box when fastened; C, bottom of box; D, top of box or cover;E, indented curve or groove curving inwardly for reception of string,cord, or wire; F, slight ridge on box at termination of cover; G, insideview of box; H, inside view of cover.

The cover is formed with sides, which come down over the box at the top011 the outside to the extent of their width, so that the projectingsurfaces of the grooves or curves of the cover of the box lit in andover the depressed surfaces of the grooves of the body of the box, andcause the grooves of the body of the cover to meet in a right line, andby their traction aid in securing the cover of the box and instrengthening the box, especially at the junction of box and cover, asWell as to form continuous grooves or curves for the use of a string,cord, or Wire, to be used to make the fastening secure.

I claim Letters Patent for- A box having around it grooves, eachcomprising4 an exterior depression and an interior projection, thegrooves crossing on the boxbottom and on the cover, and fitting togetherat thel junction of the cover and body of the box, as and for thepurpose set forth.

Galveston, Texas, January 21, A. D. 1880.

CHAUNGEY BREWER SABIN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. WERNER, J ULIUs A. RENER.

